Curtain-rod.



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CURTAIN ROD.

' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1912.

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- CURTAIN-ROD.

Specification of Letters Patent Application filed November 9, 1912. Serial No. 730,404.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I CLAunV. Bonn, a citizen of the United tates, residing at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented a new and useful Curtain-Rod, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to make a curtain rod especially adapted for casement windows and the like, so that when it is desiredto open the windows the curtain rod will part in the middle and allow the curtains to be swung open; and my invention consists of the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper part of a casement window equipped with my curtain.rod. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the curtain rod as seen looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail elevation of one of the curtain rod hinges. Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 44 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail the attaching plates 1 are adapted to be secured to the front face of the window frame 2 and the posts 3 extend forwardly from the cenposts 3 and bifurcate the members 5, but this construction may be reversed.

The curtain rod proper is made in two pieces 7 and 8, the outer ends of the pieces being reduced in size and screw-seated in the hinge members 5, the pieces 7 being of the same diameter as the members 5 and the posts 3, and the pieces 7 and 8 being cut so as to meet at the center of the window casing. The ends of the hinge members 4 and5 are rounded concentric to the hinge pins 6, so that when the curtains are upon the pieces 7 and 8 and the said pieces are swung outwardly to open the window, the curtains will not catch in the hinges. The snap bracket 9 is mounted in position to embrace the meet;

ing' ends of the pieces 7 and 8, so as to support said meeting ends and hold the pieces Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

7 and 8 in a straight line when the curtains are in their closed positions.

The details of the bracket 9 are as follows: Two sheet metal plates are cut and bent to form the attaching plates 10 and 11, the posts 12 and l3 extending forwardly from the meeting ends of the plates 10 and 11 and secured together by rivets 14, and the curved leaves 15 and 16 extending forwardly from the posts 12 and 13, the forward ends 17 and 18 of said leaves being bent outwardly to form entrances to the spaces between the leaves, and said leaves being bent to fit the pieces 7 and 8, so that they will snap in and out. i

In the construction shown, the window sashes l9 and 20 are hinged attheir sides and swung open like doors and the meeting edges 21 of the window sashes are in vertical alinement with the meeting ends of the pieces 7 and 8. When the curtain rod has been placed in position and the curtains placed upon the pieces 7 and 8, the curtains will swing open when it is desired to swing the. wmdows open.

The details of construction may bevaried in many ways without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the following claim.

I claim- A curtain rod comprising attaching plates, posts extending from the attaching plates, members hinged to the posts, extension pieces connected to the members, and a central bracket; said posts, members and extension pieces being round and of the same diameter and the hinged ends of the posts and members being rounded so that a curtain may slide over the joint, and said extension pieces being adapted to butt together at their meeting ends and said bracket being adapted to support said meeting ends.

CLAUD v. Bonn.

Witnesses ROBERT T. SMITH, Bnn'rnn MoMas'rnx. 

